#Music share from a random country:
#Guinea 🇬🇳
After Guinea's independence in 1958, the government purchased instrument's such as electric and bass guitars, keyboards, trumpets, saxophones, etc. for the state-sponsored dance bands that were tasked to embrace Guinea's musical heritage, but also modernise it for the new post-colonial era.
This is Waraba (lion) by Bembeya Jazz National. They are one of the most famous dance bands from Guinea. They don't really play jazz, as their name suggests, but in an African context this just means new modern music fusing many elements, which does include jazz.
Anytime I listen to Bembeya Jazz I'm particularly struck by the skills of their guitarist, Sekou "diamond fingers" Diabaté, whose tonal clarity and innovative percussive melodic playing is quite something; so keep an ear out for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPz0WJNm9dY
For the next random country we're apparently staying in Africa, but moving east towards #Congo 🇨🇬, more specifically the Republic of the Congo, which should not be confused with its neighbour the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).